The Rising Tide of Ransomware and the Future of Digital Recall

We know when the PlayStation VR2 is coming, when you can pre-order it, and how much it’s gonna cost. What do you know? A bunch of news in the whole Twitter saga. The reality of the ransomware industrial complex. And an interesting new Mac app to help you remember everything you’ve ever done on your computer.

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• PlayStation VR2 launches on February 22nd for $549.99 (The Verge)
• Elon Musk to charge verified Twitter users to give ‘power to the people’ (SiliconRepublic)
• Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on paid-video feature with ‘high’ risk (Washington Post)
• Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit sex (The Verge)
• Twitch opens Guest Star up so anyone can run their own talk show not (TechCrunch)
• U.S. banks processed roughly $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021, according to federal report (CNBC)
• Rewind wants to revamp how you remember, with millions from a16z (TechCrunch)

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